Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) - HBW 10, p. 118
French: Grand Minivet
German: Scharlachmennigvogel
Spanish: Minivet Escarlata
Other common names: Indian/Flame/Orange Minivet
Taxonomy: Muscicapa flammea Forster, 1781, no locality = Sri Lanka.
Geographical variation complex and inadequately described, with many intermediate populations in SE Asia; modern review desirable. Race speciosus sometimes regarded as a separate species, on basis of its deep scarlet colour; if such treatment adopted, fraterculus, andamanensis and semiruber could perhaps be included as races of it. Race nigroluteus originally named neglectus, but latter name invalid, because preoccupied. Birds on Bohol (Philippines) of unconfirmed racial identity, presumed to belong with leytensis. Populations now placed in rac.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Muscicapa flammea Forster, 1781, no locality = Sri Lanka.
Geographical variation complex and inadequately described, with many intermediate populations in SE Asia; modern review desirable. Race speciosus sometimes regarded as a separate species, on basis of its deep scarlet colour; if such treatment adopted, fraterculus, andamanensis and semiruber could perhaps be included as races of it. Race nigroluteus originally named neglectus, but latter name invalid, because preoccupied. Birds on Bohol (Philippines) of unconfirmed racial identity, presumed to belong with leytensis. Populations now placed in race fraterculus were previously listed as race elegans; however, type locality of elegans (Sadiya, in NE Assam) subsequently reckoned to fall within range of speciosus, making these two synonyms, and leaving fraterculus as the name for populations from S Assam to Hainan. Proposed race suchitrae (W & SW Myanmar E to C & S Indochina) considered indistinguishable from semiruber. Nineteen subspecies currently recognized.
Geographical variation complex and inadequately described, with many intermediate populations in SE Asia; modern review desirable. Race speciosus sometimes regarded as a separate species, on basis of its deep scarlet colour; if such treatment adopted, fraterculus, andamanensis and semiruber could perhaps be included as races of it. Race nigroluteus originally named neglectus, but latter name invalid, because preoccupied. Birds on Bohol (Philippines) of unconfirmed racial identity, presumed to belong with leytensis. Populations now placed in race fraterculus were previously listed as race elegans; however, type locality of elegans (Sadiya, in NE Assam) subsequently reckoned to fall within range of speciosus, making these two synonyms, and leaving fraterculus as the name for populations from S Assam to Hainan. Proposed race suchitrae (W & SW Myanmar E to C & S Indochina) considered indistinguishable from semiruber. Nineteen subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- speciosus (Latham, 1790) - Himalayas from Jammu and Kashmir E to S China (SE Xizang).
- fraterculus Swinhoe, 1870 - NE India (hills of Assam S of R Brahmaputra), N Myanmar, S China (Yunnan, Hainan I) and N Indochina.
- flammeus (J. R. Forster, 1781) - W & S India and Sri Lanka.
- speciosus (Latham, 1790) - Himalayas from Jammu and Kashmir E to S China (SE Xizang).
- fraterculus Swinhoe, 1870 - NE India (hills of Assam S of R Brahmaputra), N Myanmar, S China (Yunnan, Hainan I) and N Indochina.
- flammeus (J. R. Forster, 1781) - W & S India and Sri Lanka.
- semiruber Whistler & Kinnear, 1933 - EC India, S Myanmar and Thailand (except C & S) E to C & S Indochina.
- andamanensis Beavan, 1867 - Andaman Is.
- fohkiensis Buturlin, 1910 - SE China (Guizhou E to Fujian, S to Guangxi and Guangdong).
- flammifer Hume, 1875 - SE Myanmar, SW & S Thailand and N & E Peninsular Malaysia.
- xanthogaster (Raffles, 1822) - W & S Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra (including E coast islands).
- minythomelas Oberholser, 1912 - Simeulue I, off NW Sumatra.
- modiglianii Salvadori, 1892 - Enggano I, off SW Sumatra.
- insulanus Deignan, 1946 - Borneo.
- siebersi Rensch, 1928 - Java and Bali.
- exul Wallace, 1864 - Lombok (E of Bali).
- novus McGregor, 1904 - N & C Philippines (Luzon, Negros).
- leytensis Steere, 1890 - EC Philippines (Samar, Leyte, Bohol).
- gonzalesi Ripley & Rabor, 1961 - S Philippines (N & E Mindanao).
- nigroluteus Parkes, 1981 - SC Mindanao.
- johnstoniae Ogilvie-Grant, 1905 - Mt Apo, in SE Mindanao.
- marchesae Guillemard, 1885 - Sulu Archipelago (Jolo).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female moving in a tree Locality Phan Thiet Road, Di Linh, Annam, Vietnam (ssp semiruber)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2008 4 years ago 21 sec 4.5 -
Two males calling and moving around in the canopy Locality Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp insulanus)
Keith Blomerley 25 September 2001 5 years ago 30 sec 4.4 -
male bird in a flock Locality Mae Ping National Park, Thailand (ssp semiruber)
Daniêl Jimenez 23 December 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 4.2 -
A male perched on bamboo and flying away Locality Ruili, Yunnan, China (Southern) (ssp fraterculus)
Keith Blomerley 15 November 2007 5 years ago 12 sec 4 -
A male in a tree. Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (ssp andamanensis)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 2 years ago 46 sec 3.8 -
A male calling in a tree, while more birds are calling on the background. A second male approaching and both of them flying away Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp flammeus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 3 years ago 18 sec 3.7
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A bird perched
Locality Kunjapanai, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp flammeus)
vasanthan.p.j 3 September 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
Scarlet Minivet photographed at K Gudi. This western ghat endemic bird was found on a tree near FD bungalow of K Gudi
Locality K Gudi, Biligiriranga Hills (B R Hills) Wildlife Sanctuary , Karnataka, India (ssp flammeus)
Subramanya_CK 16 November 2011 40 weeks ago 3.9 -
A female
Locality Gudalur, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp flammeus)
vasanthan.p.j 11 January 2012 1 year ago 3.8 -
A female in her nest incubating its eggs
Locality Hong Kong (ssp fohkiensis)
LouisCheung 1 April 2010 3 years ago 3.8 -
Bird feeding on a dragonfly
Locality The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp flammeus)
vasanthan.p.j 28 June 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
adult male
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
Marco Valentini 17 March 2013 7 weeks ago 3.7
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A male singing.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
(ssp flammeus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A female singing.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
(ssp flammeus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 3 years ago 4
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